LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
French Medals for Three Life-Boat Crews. Barry Dock, Torbay and Longhope
Barry Dock, Torbay and Longhope.
THE French Government has awarded medals to English, Scottish and Welsh life-boat crews for gallantry last winter.
During the seven months, from the beginning of...
Category: Medals
Coxswain Albert Brown of Workington
Coxswain Albert Brown of Workington joined the lifeboat crew in 1971, becoming coxswain in 1972. He was awarded the bronze medal in 1974 for the rescue of seven people from the fishing vessel Kia Ora, dragging her anchor half mile east of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Aith Life-Boat the Rankin
The Aith Life-Boat The Rankin. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sinai
TYRELLA, COUNTY DOWN.—On the 15th November the French brigantine Sinai, of Nantes, drove on outlying rocks off Eathmullan, in Dundrum Bay; one man got into the ship's boat, which soon capsized, but he contrived to hold on to it until...
Pupils from Hamworthy Middle School Interviewed About the RNLI.
Pupils from Hamworthy Middle School interviewed about the RNLI. Hamworthy pupils knew significantly more about the everyday activities of the lifeboat service than the school which was not close to HQ.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Zipporah
RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.—At about 4 A.M.
on the 30th August, while the wind was blowing strongly from the N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea, the schooner Zipporah, of Scarborough, which had been on the beach on the previous day...
Tadorna
At 2 A.M.
| on 15th November, during a strong S.E.
! gale and very heavy sea, signals of | distress were observed from a vessel I about five miles from Ballycotton. The | alarm was given, ...
Alpheta
On the 21st November, at 9 P.M., it was reported that a vessel was ashore on Bembridge Ledge. The wind was blowing a moderate gale from S.W. at the time, accompanied by thick rain. The Life-boat went off, as did also two fishing-boats; the...
End of An Exercise: Dover's 44' Waveney Lifeboat Faithful Forester Tows In Two American Inflatable Assault Boats: August 19 1975 Photograph By Courtesy of Associated N
End of an exercise: Dover's 44' Waveney lifeboat Faithful Forester tows in two American inflatable assault boats: August 19, 1975. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Associated Newspapers. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Westkust
Scarborough, Flamborough, and Brid- lington, Yorkshire.—On the 9th of December, 1951, the Scarborough life- boat rescued the crew of ten of the Dutch motor vessel Westkust, and the Scarborough bowman lost his life.— Rewards, to FRANK DALTON,...